Multiple crimes

The next morning, Yuan Ziyou woke up before dawn, and he didn't know if it was because he had a rest after taking a bath the night before, or because he was excited to go to morning morning for the first time.

When Yan Shuo heard the sound and woke up, he had already eaten his own breakfast, and then he lingered at the door of the bedroom for a long time before he waited for the person sent by Er Zhurong to welcome him to court.

However, as a direct result of getting up early, Yuan Ziyou dozed off at the beginning of the morning.

Leaning on the dragon chair with one hand propped on the chin, the upper and lower eyelids stuck together like magnets and kept fighting.The ministers in the court didn't know what you were arguing about, but Yuan Ziyou didn't listen to a single word.

In a daze, Er Zhurong suddenly took a step forward and faced him, bowed slightly, as if he had something important to say.

Yuan Ziyou squinted his eyes halfway, looking at him with interest—the man bowed his head and acted like a respectful and loyal courtier.In the end, he thought, compared to the cold and arrogant power minister who hides his knife in his smile, such a man seems more beautiful and more likable.

"...What's the emperor's opinion on this matter?"

Yuan Ziyou came back to his senses.What Er Zhurong just started was about moving the capital to Jinyang.

This is not difficult to understand.Luoyang was ruled by the Yuan family in the past dynasties, and Er Zhurong was not familiar with the place where he was born. Even if he controlled the imperial court, it would be difficult to bring the intricate power relations underneath under his supervision.But Jinyang is different, it can be said that it is the place where the Erzhu family made their fortune.Er Zhurong raised soldiers, trained soldiers, raised troops there, and cultivated a large number of cronies from top to bottom.

Yuan Ziyou was not stupid, and he knew that once the capital was successfully moved, the entire Northern Wei Dynasty would almost fall into the hands of Er Zhurong, and then his own emperor would have no value in existence.But he didn't raise any objection—since Er Zhurong chose to raise this matter in court, he must have wanted to force himself to support his suggestion.He didn't want to violate his will at this time and make him unhappy.

Most of the courtiers were Er Zhurong's cronies, and they naturally stood by Er Zhurong's side, and the few old ministers who survived were also coweringly bowing their heads and not saying a word.There was a moment of silence.

Er Zhurong glanced left and right, saw that there was no one to refute, bent his mouth and was about to speak when he heard a loud voice behind him: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!"

Yuan Ziyou looked up, but it was the official Shangshu Yuan Chen.

Er Zhurong never expected that someone would dare to refute his words in public, narrowed his long and narrow eyes, and glared at him sideways.The latter, however, turned a blind eye to his threatening gaze, took a step forward and self-sufficiently explained the reasons why it is not suitable to move the capital, and at the same time, he did not forget to insinuate Er Zhurong for trying to elevate the imperial court with ulterior motives.

The officials who were silent at the side raised their heads one after another.They all understood what Yuan Chen said, but they had no choice but to acquiesce to Er Zhurong's cruelty in order to protect themselves.At this time, while admiring Yuan Zhan's loyalty and fearlessness, they all believed in their hearts that his head would be lost.

Here, Er Zhurong's face was already livid with anger. Seeing him talking more and more presumptuously, he suppressed his anger and said, "What does it matter to you whether you move the capital or not? It's only been two days since the Heyin incident, have you forgotten it?"

This is a blatant threat.

Who would have thought that Yuan Chen was not afraid, turned his head to meet his gaze and said with a sneer: "I should have died in Heyin a long time ago, but I have survived due to illness, so I have saved my life. Why should your lord scare me with this?"

"You are so bold!" Er Zhurong finally couldn't bear it anymore when he heard these words, he reached for the sword at his waist with his right hand, took two steps forward, and wanted to kill this ignorant old guy with one blow.

The sound of the long sword being unsheathed awakened Yuan Ziyou, who was sitting quietly watching, and suddenly sat up straight from the dragon chair.

Seeing that Yuan Chen was about to splatter blood on the spot.

Seeing that something was going to happen, Er Zhuzhao on the side quickly stepped forward, encircling Er Zhurong's arms from behind, and tightly clenched his wrist with his sword drawn.Er Zhurong struggled twice but did not break free, and turned to look at Er Zhuzhao.The latter stared at him with a slight frown: "Calm down, brother... this is in court!"

It is a great treason to kill fellow officials in the current dynasty.Isn't Heyin's pursuit of meritorious deeds and honors after the incident to comfort the family members of the deceased in order to win the hearts of the people?Now that Yuan Zhan dies, your notoriety will spread far and wide. Isn't the previous effort all in vain?

After a while, Er Zhurong gradually calmed down after gasping for breath, and felt that he was too impulsive just now.Putting the saber back into the scabbard, he gently broke away Er Zhuzhao's hands, turned to face Yuan Ziyou, and said expressionlessly: "Master Yuan is right, and we will discuss the matter of moving the capital later. Please leave, sir. " After speaking, he glanced at Yuan Zhan again, turned around and walked out of the court without saluting.

Seeing this, the rest of the people also bowed to Yuan Ziyou one by one, and then bowed their heads and retreated.On the other hand, Yuan Chen stood there with a calm demeanor, and after all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty had left, he saluted politely, and then left slowly.Yuan Ziyou stood up blankly, looking at the empty court hall.It happened suddenly, and when I woke up, the early morning had already ended hastily.

When Er Zhurong left, his face was very ugly, it can be said that he was as cold as ice.Yuan Ziyou saw it clearly, and thought to himself: "He is showing me embarrassment...he is a courtier, and he doesn't take the emperor seriously, but is showing me embarrassment!" The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. Very sad.

"Move the capital?" Yan Shuo was busy calling the maid to arrange the meals, and was surprised when he heard the news.

"Yeah, but it hasn't been decided yet, and someone objected. Didn't you see that Er Zhurong's face turned blue with anger!" Yuan Ziyou picked up the bowl, ignoring that the dishes were not ready yet, he ate the rice and went to it desperately. The mouth is full, the cheeks are bulging, and the speech is slurred.

Early morning is really a physical job, and he feels that he is so hungry that he can eat an acre of land.

"That man named Yuan Chen really didn't want his life. He dared to scold Er Zhurong in public. If Er Zhuzhao hadn't stopped him, he would have lost his head. The sword was drawn, look, it's like this..." Yuan As Ziyou said, he reached for his waist and gestured.

"Yuan Chen's words are timely. Once your emperor speaks and the matter of moving the capital is settled, there will be no possibility of turning around. At that time, the Yuan family will really have no hope."

"I didn't speak, but Er Zhurong did. What's the difference? What's more, a civil servant in Yuanchen district, how could Er Zhurong take him seriously. Tu Yi's quick words cost his life in vain, and you still say Did he say it in time?"

"That's not necessarily the case. Er Zhurong's reputation was extremely bad after the Heyin incident. There are still mobs making troubles outside the palace every day. Although it is not a big deal, it is still a trouble. Don't think that the court is full of decent personnel now, in fact They are all people in the army, they only care about fighting and not doing business. Those who are in charge are dead, and those who are not dead are also running away. Who dares to show their faces? If Er Zhurong wants to keep the court alive, then The only thing to do is to appease the citizens and buy people's hearts. Yuan Chen's words just reminded him that the move of the capital will not work..."

Yan Shuo looked at Yuan Ziyou while talking.The latter had just choked on a mouthful of rice, poured tea in a hurry and didn't know if he was listening to him.

"Since Er Zhurong has already pursued meritorious service and comforted the family members of the deceased, he will not do anything to ruin his reputation. I don't think Yuan Chen will die. Also, he seems to be a talent, at least he is a good minister. In the future... Hey master, I told you to eat slowly, no one will grab you!"

Yuan Ziyou took two more sips of water to swallow the food stuck in his throat.Putting down the bowls and chopsticks, he stood up and said, "Don't eat! Let's go out with me!" Pulling Yan Shuo's sleeves, he walked out.

"I'm going out now? I haven't finished my meal yet, and there's still no snacks..."

"Don't eat, come back and talk."

The two walked to the courtyard, Yuan Ziyou saw the two gatekeepers coming out from the corner of his eyes, and felt strange.

"What are you following me for? Go back!"

The two looked at each other without answering. Seeing Yuan Ziyou turned around to leave, they hesitated for a moment or followed.

"I told you to go back, don't you understand?" Yuan Ziyou became angry this time.

"Go back to the emperor, that..." Seeing this, a servant bit the bullet and said timidly: "Master Erzhu has ordered you to follow the emperor closely at all times in case of accidents. There is nothing you can do about it..."

"My lord Erzhu, my lord Erzhu, who is your master? Get the hell out of here! Just in case of accidents? Where are the accidents? Unless you want to kill me!"

When Yuan Ziyou heard him mention Er Zhurong, it was as if an unknown fire had sprung up in his heart, and he was very irritable.After turning left and right twice, I need to find someone to teach these two ignorant minions a lesson.

The two servants had seen Yuan Ziyou's temper, and they were frightened at this moment, and kowtowed on the ground to make amends.

Yan Shuo stood aside, hesitating whether to step forward to comfort him.Yuan Ziyou was in a fit of anger, who knew if he would take it out on himself.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes from far and near outside the palace gate.Immediately afterwards, a guard reported: "Master Er Zhurong has arrived—"